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1451.

‘The Two Cultures’ is the title of an influential Rede lecture of

A. 1959
B. 1960
C. 1957
D. 1958
Answer» B. 1960
1452.

Mortals and Others is an essay collection by

A. Aldus Huxley
B. Robert Benchley
C. Bertrand Russell
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
1453.

Which one of following propositions does not belong to Thales credit?

A. Any diameter of the circle divides it into equal parts
B. The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal
C. When two straight lines cross, the opposite angles are equal.
D. Algebraic methods to solve equations of the first and second degree
Answer» E.
1454.

What is the name of the General of the story ‘My Son, The Physicist’?

A. Reiner
B. Gerard
C. Michel
D. Cremona
Answer» B. Gerard
1455.

Who gave scientific explanation, a theoretical structure?

A. Francis Bacon
B. Wegener
C. Carl Hempel
D. Newton
Answer» D. Newton
1456.

Memoires Scientifiques is a book on

A. Greek culture
B. Egyptian culture
C. Harappa culture
D. Byzantine civilization
Answer» E.
1457.

Which was the first institution devoted to the pursuit of knowledge in the Western world and which lasted for a thousand years?

A. Academy
B. Ionian school
C. Pythagorean school
D. Republic
Answer» B. Ionian school
1458.

What is the problem of English school education that is the pointed out by Snow?

A. It is vocational
B. It is specialized
C. Only few are educated
D. Its moral education
Answer» C. Only few are educated
1459.

Who discovered the Laws of Motion?

A. Einstein
B. Newton
C. Kepler
D. Darwin
Answer» C. Kepler
1460.

Plato was the disciple of……………

A. Aristotle
B. Ecphantus
C. Socrates
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
1461.

……. looks for opportunities for using or applying science.

A. Pure science
B. Applied science
C. Technology
D. None of these
Answer» C. Technology
1462.

Which was the philosophical school founded by Lao Tsu in the 6th century BC?

A. Taoism
B. Protestantism
C. Zen-Buddhism
D. None of these
Answer» B. Protestantism
1463.

Thales founded the ………

A. Ionian school of philosophy
B. Julian Calendar
C. Pythagorean school
D. None of these
Answer» B. Julian Calendar
1464.

Name the person who does not belong to the following Mathematicians of Alexandria

A. Apollonius
B. Diophantus
C. Galen
D. Archimedes
Answer» D. Archimedes
1465.

Who was the Greek God of medicine?

A. Appolo
B. Zeus
C. Aesculapius
D. Hercules
Answer» D. Hercules
1466.

When was the idea of continental drift suggested?

A. 1505
B. 1515
C. 1596
D. 1586
Answer» D. 1586
1467.

The New Scientific Mind is a work by …………….

A. Gaston Bachelard
B. Isaac Newton
C. Einstein
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Isaac Newton
1468.

Stoicism was founded by……….

A. Zeno
B. Epicurus of Samos
C. Euclid
D. Socrates
Answer» B. Epicurus of Samos
1469.

Who performed a simple experiment to calculate the circumference of the Earth two thousand years ago?

A. Aristotle
B. Alfred Wegener
C. Abraham Ortelius
D. Eratoshthenes
Answer» E.
1470.

Who said that “Living creatures rose from the moist element, as it was evaporated by the Sun”?

A. Pythagoras
B. Anaximander
C. Aristotle
D. None of these
Answer» C. Aristotle
1471.

Philosophy means ………

A. Love of wisdom
B. Love of power
C. Love of wealth
D. None of these
Answer» B. Love of power
1472.

The Pylons is a poem by

A. W.H Anden
B. Stephen Spender
C. Cecil day Lewis
D. Louis Mac Niece
Answer» C. Cecil day Lewis
1473.

Aristotle had setup the …………. In opposition to the Academy

A. Lyceum
B. Republic
C. University
D. None of these
Answer» B. Republic
1474.

Theoretical knowledge deals with …..

A. Applied science
B. Technology
C. Pure science
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
1475.

Raman is sharing his experiences of

A. Cambridge
B. Presidency College
C. St. Xavier’s
D. None of the above
Answer» C. St. Xavier’s
1476.

In practical affairs, the Pythagoreans aimed at a ………. Of society

A. Scientific Upliftment
B. Technological development
C. Moral reformation
D. All the above
Answer» D. All the above
1477.

Aristotle was the disciple of …………

A. Plato
B. Socrates
C. Theophrastus
D. Eudoxus
Answer» B. Socrates
1478.

…….. is the requirement that all members of a group should share the same ancestor.

A. Monophyly
B. Taxonomy
C. Evolution
D. None of these
Answer» B. Taxonomy
1479.

The nanoscale is of the order of ………

A. 10‐10m
B. 108m
C. 10‐9m
D. 106m
Answer» D. 106m
1480.

Bronze Age began in about………..

A. 4000 BC
B. 3500 BC
C. 2000 BC
D. 4500 BC
Answer» B. 3500 BC
1481.

The number of genes in the human body is ………

A. Between 20 and 250000
B. About 1 million
C. Close to 5 million
D. Above 1 billion
Answer» B. About 1 million
1482.

Flamsteed was asked to set up an observatory in Greenwich because ……

A. England wanted to build the best observatory in the world.
B. Flamsteed was the most celebrated astronomer in Europe.
C. A very accurate star chart was needed to be preparewd for navigation.
D. There was a great deal of popular interest.
Answer» D. There was a great deal of popular interest.
1483.

Science is __________________ activity.

A. Individual
B. Social
C. Mandatory
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Mandatory
1484.

Who started building pyramids?

A. Egyptians
B. Babylonians
C. Iranians
D. Indians
Answer» B. Babylonians
1485.

Some of the Alexandrians migrated to ………..

A. Rome
B. England
C. Athens
D. France
Answer» D. France
1486.

The Ionian school regarded medicine as ……….

A. An art
B. A science
C. A theoxetical science
D. A practice
Answer» B. A science
1487.

Which pyramid contains approximately 3 million cubic meters of stone and the area of the base about 5 hectares?

A. Pyramid of Egypt
B. Pyramid
C. The Great pyramid
D. Giza
Answer» D. Giza
1488.

………is a religion founded primarily on revelations of God to human kind.

A. Buddhism
B. Jainism
C. Revealed Religion
D. Unrevealed Religion
Answer» D. Unrevealed Religion
1489.

The Yangshao culture is well known for its……..

A. Dance
B. Painted pottery
C. Weaving
D. None of these
Answer» C. Weaving
1490.

The explosion in _____________ resulted in the cancellation of the license of Alfredsto make explosive

A. 1861
B. 1862
C. 1863
D. 1864
Answer» E.
1491.

It has been said that the French Revolution was inspired by philosophers. Who among the following philosophers does not belong to this group?

A. Rousseau
B. Voltaire
C. Helvetius
D. Descartes
Answer» E.
1492.

Ptolemy II started the ………….

A. Museum
B. University
C. Scientific school
D. Royal Library
Answer» E.
1493.

……….. holds that science is a dangerous activity.

A. Bacon
B. Paul Feyerabend
C. Chomsky
D. C.P.Snow
Answer» C. Chomsky
1494.

Who was the first and the foremost of the Greek natural philosophers?

A. Anaximander
B. Thales
C. Empedocles
D. Anaxagoras
Answer» C. Empedocles
1495.

Who was the first Emperor of Chin dynasty?

A. Liu Pang
B. Lao Tsu
C. Confucius
D. Shih Huang Ti
Answer» E.
1496.

M.Berthelot disproved theory of ………

A. Evolution
B. Natural selection
C. Vitalism
D. Origin of the universe
Answer» D. Origin of the universe
1497.

Mac Spaunday poets are otherwise called

A. Movement poet
B. Lake poets
C. The Pylons
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
1498.

Radio was invented by ……..

A. Lovelace
B. Marconi
C. Graham Bell
D. Pascal
Answer» C. Graham Bell
1499.

____________________ is a character in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

A. Caliban
B. Miranda
C. Ariel
D. Options (a) (b) and (c)
Answer» E.
1500.

Who discovered X‐ray?

A. Rutherford
B. Konrad Von Rontgen
C. J.J. Thomson
D. Einstein
Answer» C. J.J. Thomson